Trigonometry 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1111826854
ISBN 13: 978-1-11182-685-7

Chapter 4 - Section 4.1 - Basic Graphs - 4.1 Problem Set - Page 193: 58

Answer

$\sin(\theta)\tan(\theta)+\cos(\theta)=\sec(\theta)$

Work Step by Step

$\tan(\theta)=\frac{\sin(\theta)}{\cos(\theta)}$ Therefore, $\sin(\theta)\tan(\theta)+\cos(\theta)=\sin(\theta)\frac{\sin(\theta)}{\cos(\theta)}+\cos(\theta)=\frac{\sin^{2}(\theta)}{\cos(\theta)}+\cos(\theta)$ To obtain a common denominator, $\cos(\theta)$ is multiplied by $\frac{\cos(\theta)}{\cos(\theta)}$, $\frac{\sin^{2}(\theta)}{\cos(\theta)}+\cos(\theta)=\frac{\sin^{2}(\theta)+\cos^{2}(\theta)}{\cos(\theta)}$ Using the identity $\sin^{2}(\theta)+\cos^{2}(\theta)=1$, $\frac{\sin^{2}(\theta)+\cos^{2}(\theta)}{\cos(\theta)}=\frac{1}{\cos(\theta)}=\sec(\theta)$ Therefore, $\sin(\theta)\tan(\theta)+\cos(\theta)=\sec(\theta)$
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